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- P. 375 "Several new orders have just reached our governor, from the king. Some of them are the following; viz, Every landholders must set out a thousand young trees; no beggars may be tolerated, except the lame, the sick and the blind; every man who shall appear in the garb of a Dervish must be compelled to become a soldier; no person may talk about being king-of his doing this or that-but each must occupy himself with his own business...The propriety of the other orders is readily obvious to one who witnesses the hosts of beggars that swarm in the streets of these Eastern countries, and especially the dervishes, who are as numerous and profligate in Persia as the Friars and Capuchins and other vagrant monks in Spain and Italy. These disgusting vagabonds wear long, bushy hair, dangling down upon their shoulders,-carry a fantastic knotty club in the hand-sometimes a hatchet in the girdle-and half of a huge cocoa-nut shell, furnished with a cord as a handle, upon the arm in which to receive charity." This image of a dervish shows him wearing a long, belted tunic; cloak over one shoulder; a conical hat with an ornament dangling off the tip; an alms dish; and a walking stick.
- Date Created:
- 1843-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Costume History Collection
- Notes:
- Muleteers have a distinct look to their costume. The goatskin cape with hair still in place serves as a practical garment no only for warmth but also for the repelling of rain. He wears the short shalwar (Shoberl 1845, p. 118) or shalvar (Vogelsang-Eastwood p. 8) and knee high, laced boots with a curled toe. Like the other men he is wearing the kolah namadi (Vogelsang-Eastwood, p. 12).
- Date Created:
- 1843-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Costume History Collection
- Notes:
- In this image, a Persian soldier is wearing the short shalwar (Shoberl 1845, p. 113) or shalvar (Vogelsang-Eastwood p. 8) with knee-high boots. His jacket is similar to military wear of European soldiers and is completed by the wearing of a belt and a sash. The headgear of the soldier is very different from that of European soldiers in that it is the same conical, fur cap, kolah namadi (Vogelsang-Eastwood, p. 12), worn by the scribe, priest, and other males pictured in this work. Unlike these other figures, he wears only the mustache.
- Date Created:
- 1843-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Costume History Collection
- Notes:
- Colored lithograph showing a Nestorian man with walking stick in a mountain landscape. He wears trousers that appear to be a knee-length pair of shalwar or shalvar (Vogelsang-Eastwood p. 8) worn over leggings of the matching fabric. On his upper body he wears a coat, probably a caba (Shoberl 1845, p. 34) or qaba (Vogelsang-Eastwood p. 10) over a white tunic with a large folded over collar. He carries a dagger in his belt. His hat has a rounded crown that is close to the head and a contrasting twisted cloth at the brim. As for hairstyle, he wears it to mid-neck in the back and he has a full beard and mustache.
- Date Created:
- 1843-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Costume History Collection
- Notes:
- This image is of a well-to-do merchant who is wearing a type of long coat similar to a kolija (Vogelsang-Eastwood, p. 10) over a caba (Shoberl 1843, p. 34) or qaba (Vogelsang-Eastwood, p. 10). His feet are covered with socks and heeled slippers. The conical, fur hat is like those worn by the soldier and muleteer. This merchant also wears the beard and mustache typical of this region.
- Date Created:
- 1845-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Costume History Collection
- Notes:
- This image of a Persian scribe shows him dressed very well in a yellow tunic covered by the caba (Shorberl 1845, p. 34) or qaba (Vogalsang-Eastwood, p. 10). Under the tunic he wears long shalwar. On his feet he wears socks and slippers with heels. His hat is the kolah namadi (Vogelsang-Eastwood, p. 12) seen in many of this book's illustrations. This scribe also wears the beard and mustache of this region.
- Date Created:
- 1843-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Costume History Collection
